Julie Siomacco, owner of Southern Charm Wreaths, shares why she finally joined the Creative Entrepreneurs Inner Circle, what she learned and how she took her creative business to SIX FIGURES!

Quick Growth

Last year, I was just struggling with feeling stagnant in my business and not really growing. After joining your IC, everything changed. I felt like you were speaking to my heart directly and knew this is where I needed to be!Well, I rebranded myself and started painting cabinets professionally this year and it’s exploded-- and I love it! My husband has even stepped out of his full time job to work alongside me. We are set to hit our first 6 figures in business this year! (It feels crazy to even say that!) But I can’t thank you enough for your guidance in this group and your steadfastness to teach us and believe in us.Wish I had found you so much sooner!Thank you for letting God use you to change others lives in the creative field.

I have been a member of the Inner Circle for several months and have NEVER felt better about my business. I went from being a stressed out, frazzled mess to a confident business owner in a matter of months. I have made more money in the last few months than I have in a year, with less hours! Jennifer teaches in a way that feels more like a chat over coffee with your best friend; it’s easy to understand and implement. As an inner circle member, I’ve now written an ebook, started my own website, blog, and most recently was asked to teach at a large conference. All things that were never even on my radar! If you’re lacking direction, feeling overwhelmed, or just unsure where to even start, You NEED the inner circle! It was truly the BEST decision I could have ever made!

I have really been enjoying and learning so much from these classes. I have bid 2 cabinet jobs with confidence…stood my ground with my furniture prices and made the sell…and finally hired someone to create a logo for me to use on a brochure. I also created by outsourcing for my painting classes, donated a class for a local fund raiser and got a student from the fund raiser display. All because of Jennifer’s suggestions I have taken the steps for marketing and developing more confidence along the way.

I’m in your inner circle. Our lives and our business haven’t been the same! The last month and a half, in particular, have been life-changing! New Year’s Day we did a live Facebook auction and sold 50k. We did part 2 (it’s an estate) last night and sold an additional 15k. In less than a week... this is a life changer for us! How do you thank someone who has completely changed the course of your business and your life? And, potentially the lives of your family members who are jumping on board to help us make it successful? You are a blessing to many! Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts!

In January I had 6,000 website hits. So far this month--- 65,000 hits! It's grown every month. I've had two posts go viral. I'm earning ad revenue income, and selling TONS of signs. My income has increased by approx $1,800/month and growing steadily. I'm working with an amazing brand-- JORD wood watches. It's been a wild, wonderful ride and I'm convinced it's just the beginning. Part of the success is thanks to all the great things I learned from Jennifer's Pinterest on Purpose training. Pinterest is MOSTLY responsible for my site traffic-- although I've gotten plenty through Facebook also. The one-on-one coaching was exactly what I needed to figure out where to focus in my business. It gave me very actionable steps that translated to results. I'm so so so grateful!

Jennifer Allwood's approach to teaching women (and men) about how to launch and sustain an online business presence, is the most nurturing, encouraging, honest, and helpful business information, that I have found. There are no big words, there is no big hype, just simple, clear, useful information delivered in a format that is easy to understand and to accomplish (even for women over 50!)! Jennifer has a God given talent for making her whole audience feel at ease, and she has created a group where members share freely and openly about both problems and solutions. I can’t imagine a better business mentor to take creative people through the steps from their ideas to a fully functioning and productive business, than Jennifer Allwood. I am thankful from the bottom of my heart to have found such a wonderful business mentor, and look forward to learning much more from her!

Jennifer Allwood’s Inner Circle has literally been THE best business decision I’ve ever made. Since joining, my business has reached levels that I thought were only obtainable in my dreams. Within 4 months I was confident enough to leave my full time job. I’ve almost tripled my income and have cut back to working 30 hours a week. It sounds too good to be true… I know! Jen taught us how to move our business online and all the possible ways to do that. That has made the biggest financial impact!!!!!! This group allows me to surround myself with like-minded people who have the same size dreams that I do and Jen so amazingly shares all of her secrets to help us achieve those. The Inner Circle has paid for its self over and over and over again!!! When you invest in yourself you will always get a return in value!!!

I want to take a second to thank you! Cindi and I have been learning so much from you! We hired a VA, will have a new website in 6 weeks and our vendors have been selling out classes all week and they are so excited!

Our job as brick and mortar owners is to support our vendors/dealers and help them to grow their business and you are truly giving us tools to be able to do that!

️Thank you for being such a bright light to women like me in the business world. I recently joined your Inner Circle Group and I'm super grateful for it.

I attended your recent conference call where you gave me some great advice to get on TV. I followed through with all your suggestions and I just want you to know I will be on Fox 4 next week because of your generosity.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for being such a blessing to me and sharing your wisdom, knowledge, and contact information.

I want to give Jennifer a big THANK YOU! I started my wreath business Facebook group in early 2013. I was hardheaded and wanted to learn things on my own and not have to pay a dime (yet I wanted to make money in the business let that sink in).

But I joined Jennifer's group 5 months ago. My Facebook page had 2,500 likes and now I am over 14,500 likes. I am so thankful to Jennifer and her business teaching!

I joined your Inner Circle in June of this year...( should've joined earlier, I know ). I was hoping to find a way to earn more income during the summer months when traveling and watching my sons' baseball games.

Fast forward to July... I started selling my tutorials and I painted a new canvas art series . Between these two sources, after implementing Jennifer's business teachings, my July became my biggest sales month to date! Holy smokes! I was so pumped to make money from the ballpark!

August came with a 12-day family vacation and my sales were just as well!

I soaked up every piece of advice Jennifer shared. I chose what to implement and what to save for later. Joining the Inner Circle has been a game changer for me. So. Much. Knowledge. Jennifer and the group are a gift. I'm honored to be of it."

" I am not even a month in yet and it is priceless! I started using the tips and suggestions that I received through being part of the inner circle to set up my Fall Open House. The response was overwhelming and nearly brought tears to my eyes by the end of day. We more than doubled our sales of any other fall open house and I only spent $20 on ads. Jennifer is so encouraging and is truly a blessing to my business and to my life and I am only a month in......take the leap and join this group. It is a small leap and there is this amazing net waiting to catch you including all of the great women (and Damon) that are part of the group with Jennifer leading the way."

"I joined the inner circle a little over a week ago. I had done 2 Facebook lives the week prior to joining, after hearing how important you said they are. I was SCARED TO DEATH. But, I want my business to grow and thrive and made myself do it. Those first two lives did amazingly well, and I have done two more since, so four total in the past 2 weeks. They have become second nature already, although I still get a few butterflies! LOL. The last one I did, where I showcased my Hobby Lobby finds once I got home, has gotten 500 comments in less than 1 day. I am amazed at how well I have been received and how much my page interaction is growing. I have grown by 550 followers in the past week, and I am like 5 likes from 6,000. My blog views have been increasing dramatically. I typically run 40,000-60,000 ish... and with my page growing and interacting so much more- my views are going up a lot too. In general, everything is moving in the right direction.

I guess I say all that to say thank you. Thank you, for investing in us and pushing us out of our comfort zone (or my comfort zone anyway). It's what we have to do to be successful, and I sure do appreciate it!"

"Because of Jennifer I tried online sales. I've heard her preach that people buy from people they know like and trust. And if you have a product, they will follow through.... Well, it's working. Holy Moly it's really working!

To some, making $1,000+ in 25 days online might not be a lot. To me, it's amazing. That's money my family needs. And I almost left it on the table. Me and my husband work together full time at our business.

I've learned that you a can totally run a business from your home if wanted. I wish I could tell everyone that! ....Hindsight is 20/20!

And I love being in the Inner Circle group. I'm a work in progress, but I'm getting somewhere!:) A shift is happening!"